Why US is alpha in Mena but not in East Asia?

[Böri]

Mmmm.. İ watch news and follow international affairs a bit. US acts like a master alpha man in Mena, Afghanistan etc. Drone strikes, carpets bombing, mother of all bombs on terrorists with Kalashnikov then you see US leaders who say 'we are committed to destroy terror and US still there forever,
Then you look at East Asia... They bully US but US silent. Even a small country of 25 million like Nord Korea call US president monkey, make missiles tests, threats to US to attack US allies like South Korea.. But US silent.
Why US is alpha in Mena and beta in East Asia?

[Jehan]

Because East asians are humans?

[Wadaad]

One true answer....there is no China equivalent in MENA.

US foreign policy is run by neocons since Bush 1. Neocons are pussies when it comes to confronting big powers...but they have no problem using military force against medium and small powers (Iraq, Serbia, Syria etc)

[Böri]

Because East asians are humans?

Maybe the old Anglo Saxon tendencies to consider browns as subhumans but also same with chinks. İ think its more like being afraid and acting according to power of enemy, so crush the easy but when dangerous like East Asians you get insulted but keep calm.

[N1019]

Then you look at East Asia... They bully US but US silent. Even a small country of 25 million like Nord Korea call US president monkey, make missiles tests, threats to US to attack US allies like South Korea.. But US silent.

Talk is cheap.

[ariel]

Because north korea have nuclear bombs

[N1019]

Maybe the old Anglo Saxon tendencies to consider browns as subhumans but also same with chinks. İ think its more like being afraid and acting according to power of enemy, so crush the easy but when dangerous like East Asians you get insulted but keep calm.

No, there has been plenty of chest beating in the middle east over the years. There is a constant flow of similar rhetoric coming out of Iran. The immediate American response to words alone is similar. It's actions that really matter.

[Jehan]

Maybe the old Anglo Saxon tendencies to consider browns as subhumans but also same with chinks. İ think its more like being afraid and acting according to power of enemy, so crush the easy but when dangerous like East Asians you get insulted but keep calm.

You might have a point there.
But for me, we can consider Japan and South Korea as US puppet state.

And another thing is the succees of east asia. Thoses countries are true partners in all the fields. While MENA countries just fail consistently.

A last point will be the protection of Israel.

[Albobalboa]

One true answer....there is no China equivalent in MENA.

US foreign policy is run by neocons since Bush 1. Neocons are pussies when it comes to confronting big powers...but they have no problem using military force against medium and small powers (Iraq, Serbia, Syria etc)

Big talk right there. Medium and small powers yet Iraq was the 4th strongest military in the world when US invaded and immobilized it in a few days.

Quit barking bro. I know you have a good head on your shoulders, but you're letting personal emotions cloud your judgment. There are no men on this planet with bigger balls than the American establishment. The fact that they tolerate so much bullshit from shitholes all over the world, balkans, middle east, eastern europe etc etc, while still maintaing such professionality is admirable. You don't see the US pulling any sneak moves, they'll look these dictators dead in the eye. Saddam talked all that tough shit until he got yanked out of a hole, suddenly he went full victim mode during trial. Khaddafi got a knife in his ass once NATO immobilized his air force, so much for popular support. Syria has been protected by Russia and given good air defence, the US will 100% shit on all that if they decide to go in as in Iraq.

Sick of all these fucking excuses. The US invades only after long times of warnings and tolerating all kinds of human rights abuses. Add to that they never start claiming land nor resources. People only know how to complain.

[Böri]

Talk is cheap.

man I waited you personally contributed to last Nord Korea threads but you were missing. But you are always there to write in Mena threads. You say Empire will crush all resistance in Mena etc but you dont write anything similar in East Asia matters